Girls in Science is a non-profit organisation who we have worked with over the last year to create a dynamic event that took place this week. This was hosted by Santander at their brand new headquarters at Unity Place. Ten other local schools joined the conference, which focussed on ‘Outside the Box’. Lakechia Jeanne introduced…
MK Dons Football Club players Rhianne Rush and Stephen Wearne joined Mrs Mandy Legg, Mayoress of Milton Keynes, Chair of Trustees, Sr Helen Haigh, Head Teacher, Dr Shaw, sports scholars, leadership students, staff and Friends of Thornton, the school’s parents’ association, to officially open a brand-new gym at Thornton College. Student Voice is important at…
Euan Kerr delivered a fantastic, slick talk, in keeping with the high spec products that Apple creates! Students learnt how Apple delivers on its core values, and in terms of inclusion and diversity is the first company worldwide to have a board made up of 50/50 men and women. Their commitment to sustainability is just…
On Thursday 18th January girls in Pre-Reception had a visit from members of the MK Lightning ice hockey team who brought along equipment and a child’s kit for the girls to try on. The children asked several questions, finding out all they wanted to know about ice hockey and MK Lightning. Many thanks to Mrs…
Girls in our Pre-Prep had an amazing experience on Monday 15th January when they were read a story, live, from Canada over Zoom. Sam Bird, the daughter of Thornton’s Deputy EYFS Manager Mrs Bird, read the girls a story ‘Good Night Ski Mountain’ from her Snowcat machine while sitting near the top of the snow-covered…
Students at Thornton College have recently won a number of significant national and regional competitions across a range of subject areas and age groups – from winning the Music for Youth Nationals and singing at the Royal Albert Hall to winning the National Bebras Computational Challenge, Thornton students are definitely on a winning streak! Most…
It was great to welcome Ian Kelly, Senior Parliamentary Assistant, to deliver this week’s Spotlight Talk. Ian outlined his role, working for local MP Greg Smith and the variety of work and issues he is involved with. He particularly emphasised what an exciting and vibrant place Westminster is to be part of and the thrill of…
Students from Years 10, 11 and 12 signed up to visit Aiimi, a data and AI company providing expert data strategy consulting and AI solutions to multinational organisations, at their state of the art office. The company moved from London Bridge three years ago, choosing Milton Keynes for its location and talent pool, and have created an…
Year 9 students took part in a fabulous Women In Engineering Day, hosted by Niftylift. The company provided a wide ranging carousel of activities, including experimenting with tools from the shadow board, what to consider when designing MEWPs (Mobile Elevated Work Platforms) and various challenges set by the Purchasing Team. We learnt that Niftylift sell…
AstraZeneca offer some fabulous Degree Apprenticeships, and we are so grateful to Scott Staple for hosting a seminar with four of our Year 12 students interested in this pathway. Scott completed his HR Degree Apprenticeship last year. When he applied, there were four different streams of apprenticeship available at the company, now there are fifteen,…
